Supplier change, market competition and enterprise innovation

Yafei Zu and Ruonan Zhang

European Journal of Innovation Management, 2022, vol. 26, issue 4, 1034-1053

Abstract: Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to study enterprise innovation in the perspective of external supplier relationship. On this purpose, this paper examines the impact of supplier change on enterprise innovation with the moderating role of market competition. Design/methodology/approach - Using 2012–2020 empirical data of Chinese listed manufacturing enterprises, this paper investigates the relationship among supplier change, market competition and enterprise innovation through a two-way interaction model. Findings - The results show that supplier change has a negative impact on enterprise innovation. And market competition intensifies the negative relationship between supplier change and enterprise innovation. Additional analyses indicate that the main effect and the moderating effect are more significant when the enterprise is non-state-owned or has lower ownership concentration. Originality/value - This paper studies enterprise innovation from the perspective of external stakeholders. It focuses on supplier relationship in a dynamic variation view, instead of the traditional static ones. Moreover, this paper explores the contingency effect of market competition and gives practical implications for managers to adjust innovation strategy flexibly.

Keywords: Supplier change; Market competition; Enterprise innovation; State-owned enterprise; Ownership concentration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1108/EJIM-09-2021-0480

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